DJL44
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Yeah, if you want a MLB minimum CF with a good glove he's going to project to a 65 OPS+.
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The arbitration process already pays out if they work like crazy and perform well.
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Jeffers may be "just a guy" but extending him wouldn't be terribly expensive and the Twins don't have any other "guys" in the minors at catcher. It's either buy another season of Jeffers or buy another Christian Vazquez out of free agency. I'd rather buy Jeffers. Duran was not mentioned, he's young enough and good enough that an extension makes sense. He hasn't made much money so far which means he might value the guaranteed money that comes with a 4-year deal. That still allows him to go on the free agent market at age 31. I am not keen on paying top dollar for pitchers in their mid-30s. The Twins would probably be better off if they offer Ryan and Ober the QO instead of giving them a contract extension.
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Michael A Taylor is still available. Christian Pache signed a minor league contract.
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Santana was the best pitcher in baseball in 2004 & 2006, 2nd best in 2008, top 5 in 2005, three additional All-Star level seasons. Koufax was the best pitcher in 1963, 2nd to Marichal in 1965-66, top 5 in 1964, two additional All-Star level seasons. Santana's run of greatness is actually longer than Koufax. Postseason accomplishments are great, but it's still just 57 innings of Koufax's career. BTW - Santana had 20 really great postseason innings in 2004 and 2006 when he was the best pitcher in the league.
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Thanks for that malapropism
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Are they also in the best physical shape of their lives?
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Eventually they run out of lockers
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There are surprisingly a lot of free agent starting pitchers still on the market (Pivetta, Heaney, Kyle Gibson, Lance Lynn, Quantrill) which can't help them with trading Paddack. At this point, teams are going to want to make sure players are able to play in spring training before they make a deal.
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Please name one source inside baseball who has rated Keirsey's defense as elite - either on the Twins or a scout on another team. I'll wait.
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I will say that Santana is so clearly better than Joe Nathan that it is utterly ridiculous to think Joe Nathan should be inducted and not Johan Santana. They played on the same team for several years and Santana was ALWAYS the better pitcher in each and every one of those seasons. The only seasons Joe Nathan had that were better than Santana's were 1999 before Santana was in the majors and 2012-13 because Santana was out of baseball. In a head-to-head matchup it is not even close.
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Santana is just about as good as Koufax. That's the whole point, there isn't that much margin between them. Koufax has more postseason heroics but Santana provided more value to his teams during the regular season. Both had a streak of dominance and an early end to their career.
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Sorry for the multiple posts. The website is broken. The "submit" button doesn't let you know it has been submitted.
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Willi Castro was an All-Star. He was at the All-Star game. https://www.mlb.com/news/willi-castro-named-all-star-replacement
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There are many pitchers in the Hall of Fame worse than Koufax. Santana is better than all of those guys too.
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I would stick Castro at 2B and mostly leave him there. He's top of the depth chart at that position. Putting him at 1B minimizes all of his abilities that make him valuable. I would rather they trade him for a 1B with power instead of playing him at 1B full-time.
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Eeles is going to win a job based on OBP and defense. He's not going to produce a lot of power.
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I continue to be surprised that Canterino is on the roster.
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Ronny Henriquez DFA. That figures into the price paid to add Coulombe to the roster.
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His opportunity is second base or bust, they can't move him anywhere else except LF and he doesn't have the power bat everyone wants from a LF. If he wants the job, he's going to have to outperform all of those other options. It's possible that he does. Helman is gone, Castro only has 1 year left, Julien is a bad fielder at 2B, Martin struggles on offense and defense, Lewis and Lee are both better at 3B than at 2B. Keaschall might be an outfielder. My guess is Eeles will be the last person they try next summer and he's going to have to play good defense with an OPS > 900 in AAA to get a shot.
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I'll phrase that the opposite. We know exactly what we have in Bader, very dependable defense with limited potential offensively. We don't know what we'll get in Keirsey. Is he going to turn into another Celestino? Keirsey will cost us nothing, Bader will cost us $6.25- 8.25M plus '26 buyout. Bader blocks nobody except Keirsey, Keirsey has no safety net behind him if he fails.
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You know what's really sad? This is the biggest move the Cardinals have made this offseason.
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A flyball pitching staff needs a good CF behind it. Between Buxton and Bader they should be happy.
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There are a dozen guys like Michael Helman who will have to settle for a minor league contract this offseason. Many of those guys will have MLB experience already. The Twins maxed out his trade value with this move.
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Will Holland does that and he hit better than Helman last season.
